Jordan Goodwin is set to stay with the Suns on a three-year, $19 million deal that includes a player option for the final season. The agreement gives Phoenix a rotation guard who turned a short second stint into a career year and adds another multi-year commitment to a cap sheet that was already tightening for 2026/27.
Goodwin’s 2025/26 numbers
Goodwin averaged 8.7 points, 4.9 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.5 steals in 22.5 minutes per game last season. He also made 70 regular season appearances and shot 37.1% from three-point range, the kind of production that made a longer deal worth the price.
The contract structure matters as much as the total. Using Early Bird rights lets the Suns go beyond a minimum-type number for a player who was not on a max path, and the final-season player option gives Goodwin control over the last year in 2028/29.
Phoenix’s cap squeeze
Phoenix is not handing out money in a vacuum. Keith Smith projected the Suns to be $1.2 million over the luxury tax line in 2026/27 with two open standard roster spots and Mark Williams still a restricted free agent, so every guaranteed dollar on Goodwin’s deal sits inside a crowded roster picture.
That is the practical wrinkle for the Suns. They are paying for stability now while keeping future flexibility limited, and the comparison to Goodwin’s past earnings makes the commitment larger: the guaranteed money in this deal tops what he had earned in his NBA career to that point.
Last July to June 21
This move also closes the loop on how Phoenix got here. Last July, the Suns claimed Goodwin off waivers after he was released by the Lakers, and he responded with the best stretch of his career in Phoenix. On June 21, 2026, the team reached the agreement that turns that one-year pickup into a three-year investment.
For the Suns, the next step is straightforward: Goodwin is expected to officially sign, and the roster math around him, Collin Gillespie and Williams now carries real weight. The first-year salary and the exact year-by-year breakdown were not laid out, but the deal already tells the story — Phoenix chose continuity for a guard who earned it.
